I think students need to see good teachers that are passionate. Each school needs to have a percentage of teachers that are minorities. More white teaches at mostly black schools and likewise more blacks at mostly white schools. Peabody has about 35 percent black students with only 2 or 3 black teachers in the whole school system. The theory behind this is low pay. Bright black students will gravitate to higher paying jobs. In my opinion teachers should have more pay, black or white. I believe schools should make a special effort to recruit these bright students.
Humboldt has a unique situation. When you are at the bottom, fingers are pointed in every direction. There is always two sides to a story.